Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 291 The Brazilian team accidentally overturned, Spain VS Chile!

Although a big victory was achieved, it is not without hidden dangers for Spain.

Diego Costa's old injury recurred, leaving Spain not as abundant on the front line as before.

Without the presence of Diego Costa, Spain lacks a strong center and scoring point on the front line, and other positions in the frontcourt, especially Lin Quan, will have greater scoring pressure.

After the game, Bosque immediately sent someone to the hospital to understand Costa's injury and confirmed that he had a recurrence of an old injury on his right thigh.

According to the results of the inspection, the team doctor of the national team judged that Costa would have to rest for at least 2 weeks before he could continue to play.

Two weeks means that not only will he not be able to make it to the remaining two games of the group stage, he may not even be able to make it to the quarter-finals.

But after hearing the news, Bosque breathed a sigh of relief.

In his view, there is no problem for Spain to qualify for the group.

After winning the first place in the group, the opponents in the first knockout round will not be very strong, and it will not be difficult for them to break into the quarterfinals.

四分之一决赛的比赛时间是7月5号到6号，距离现在有20多天的时间，差不多是3周。

This time should be enough for Diego Costa to recover, and there is still time for him to run in with the team.

But to be on the safe side, Bosque decided to judge whether to let him play in the quarter-finals based on his recovery.

If it really doesn't work, just wait a few more days and let him play in the semifinals and finals after he recovers well enough.

Of course, the prerequisite is that Spain can break into the semi-finals.

On June 6, the match between Brazil and Mexico started first.

Compared with the opponent Croatia in the first game, Mexico's strength is much stronger.

Therefore, this game is a real test for Brazil.

The outside world has paid a lot of attention to this game, because it is a key game to judge the quality of the Brazilian team.

Judging from the performance of the teams in the first round of the group stage, there are four favorites to win this World Cup, followed by Spain, Brazil, Germany and Argentina.

If it weren't for the terrifying dominance shown by Spain, the Brazilian team, as the host, would most likely become the favorite to win the championship.

Even if it is not the biggest favorite, Brazil's game still attracts countless spectators to watch.

When the game started, more than 6 fans came to the stadium.

Countless Samba fans who supported the Brazilian team came from all over the country to cheer for their home team.

When the Brazilian national anthem was played before the game, [-] fans, players on the field and coaches on the sidelines sang in unison, showing the unprecedented unity of Brazil.

Brazil's number one star Neymar was even moved to tears when the national anthem was played.

The world's number one defender Thiago Silva sang with his eyes closed, feeling that every drop of blood in his veins was boiling.

He can't wait to kill the Mexicans!
However, after 90 minutes, Thiago Silva's heart was cold, and Neymar, who had shed tears before the game, wept again at this time.

On the big screen of the stadium, a number that is unacceptable to all Brazilian players and all Brazilian fans is shown - 0:0
After 90 minutes, Brazil, the second favorite to win the championship, was actually tied by Mexico.

It's okay to draw, the key is that they still got zero seals.

The Brazilian team, which has always been known for its strong offensive firepower, performed very poorly in this game. Their powerful strikers all misfired.

In the case of taking the initiative throughout the game, the Brazilian team's strikers wasted countless opportunities and were finally punished.

After losing this win, they are level on points with Mexico and both teams have a chance of winning their group top spot.

If Brazil does not want to encounter other top teams in the group in the knockout stage, they must win in the last round of the group stage and score as many goal differences as possible, otherwise, they are very likely to fall to second place in the group.

According to the rules of the World Cup, No.1 in Group A will play against No.2 in Group B, and No.2 in Group A will play against No.1 in Group B.

Currently No.1 in Group B is Spain. If Brazil fails to qualify first in the group, they will face Spain ahead of schedule in the round of [-]!
With the current state of the two teams, if the Brazilian team wants to beat Spain, the winning rate may be less than [-]%!
Therefore, the score of the Brazilian team not only hurt themselves, but also affected Spain next door.

Originally, it was only used to play against a second-rate team like Mexico in the quarter-finals, but it turned out to be good now, because the upset of the Brazilian team, the first seed and the second seed who won the championship might have to meet in advance.

This intensity is immediately full!
For Mexico, they are fully able to accept this score.

After all, compared to losing, the current score is more conducive to their competition for the first place in the group.

If they want to reach the quarterfinals, they must not meet Spain.

Therefore, in the next game, they will smash Croatia, try to bloodbath Croatia, and get enough goal difference.

The man of the match was awarded to Mexican goalkeeper Ochoa.

In this game, he made a total of 6 wonderful saves.

In the 26th minute of the game, Neymar's header aimed at the dead corner was miraculously saved by Ochoa.

Afterwards, the slow motion showed that he fished the ball out of the bottom line almost as soon as the ball crossed the goal line!

This is not the most amazing thing. At the end of the game, Ochoa relied on a subconscious reaction on the goal line to block Thiago Silva's close-range header from the penalty area line with his right hand. Door.

This save made the Brazilians feel extremely desperate. Their commentator sighed: The Mexican team is not standing on the goal line today, but a god!

A draw between Brazil and Mexico is definitely good news for Croatia and Cameroon.

As long as the two teams can defeat each other, they can maintain their hope of qualifying until the final round. As long as they defeat their opponents in the final round, they can successfully qualify.

Therefore, both teams played very unrestrainedly in this game, and in the end, Croatia, which was more powerful, had the last laugh.

In the game, Modric and Mandzukic jointly contributed 3 goals to help the team sweep Cameroon 4:0.

After winning this game, Croatia can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

As long as they beat Mexico in the last round, they will be able to qualify for the group. If Brazil loses, they will even be able to qualify first in the group.

Cameroon, which lost both games, was eliminated one round ahead of schedule and became the first team to be eliminated in this World Cup.

The accident in Group A alarmed Bosque: "Damn Brazilian, why did he overturn?"

Brazil does not want to encounter Spain prematurely, and Spain does not want to encounter them early.

Diego Costa has not yet returned from injury. If they encounter Brazil in the first round of the knockout round, it will be more difficult for Spain to win their opponents.

Therefore, he intends to make some preparations in advance.

"We will go all out in this game. After we win against Chile, we will send substitutes to play in the final round. Let the main players rest as much as possible. After recharging their energy, we will be able to better deal with the opponents in the knockout stage!"

The knockout rounds of the World Cup are all determined by one game, regardless of home and away games, so the fault tolerance rate is very low.

Even a strong team is prone to overturning.

What's more, facing an equally powerful opponent, it is easier to overturn.

For the Chilean team, it is definitely the greatest misfortune to be assigned to Group B, a group that gathered the champions and runners-up of the last World Cup.

However, as a strong team in South America, they will not give up easily.

The Dutch team is currently in poor condition. The first game was slaughtered by Spain 5:1. In the second round that just ended, it only defeated the weakest Australia with a score of 3:2.

This allows the Chileans to see the hope of qualifying!
In terms of strength on paper, the Chilean team is definitely not as good as Spain or the Netherlands.

But football is round, and anything can happen on the field.

If they beat the powerful Spain in an upset, then their qualifying situation will be very optimistic!
Of course, even if you lose, it's not the end.

Currently Chile has a goal difference of 4, while the Netherlands has a goal difference of -3.

This means that they will face the Dutch team in the last round, and as long as they win or draw with each other, they will be able to advance.

The prerequisite is, don't lose too badly this time!

Therefore, the Chilean team took the bus for granted in this game.

Lose as little as you win, if you can tie the opponent, that would be even better!

Even if they lose, they must control the number of goals conceded within 2 goals. In that case, their goal difference will still be more than that of the Dutch.

Seeing the iron barrel array set up by the opponent, the corner of Bosque's mouth twitched slightly.

Sure enough, it was the Iron Barrel Formation, he really guessed right.

Breaking the dense defense is a problem for all teams in the world, and Spain is no exception.

The opponent's shrinking defense in this game was even more exaggerated than that of the Dutch team in the previous game. Spain had no choice but to use ball possession and oppression to try to find opportunities around the opponent's goal.

The first 30 minutes of the game were turbulent, Spain's possession rate was surprisingly high, and the players' pass success rate was also very high, but they just couldn't score.

Their offense was blocked by the opponent time and time again, even if they couldn't stop it occasionally, the opponent would use decisive fouls to destroy Spain's offense.

In 10 minutes, the Chilean team had already received 3 yellow cards.

From the number of cards they received, it can be seen that they still feel the tremendous pressure brought by the Spanish team.

In this game, Chile's goalkeeper Bravo performed very well.

In the 15th minute of the opening, he saved a single shot from Torres, and in the 27th minute he saved a long shot from Lin Quan.

These two shots are very threatening, if not for the brave performance of Bravo, Spain would have taken the lead by now.

On the stage of the World Cup, in addition to the fans who are keen to watch the football, there are also scouts from major clubs.

With his outstanding performance, Bravo won the praise of many scouts, including some wealthy scouts, such as Barcelona!

Faced with the opponent's iron barrel defense, the Spanish team began to try to use set kicks and long shots to make a fuss.

In the 35th minute, Lin Quan shot a long-range shot with a very high quality after swaying the space at the front of the penalty area.

It was Bravo again, he lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand, and once again resolved the team's crisis.

Seeing the opponent's save this time, Lin Quan put his hands on his hips, feeling a little helpless.

Why does this person feel more fierce than Buffon and Neuer?

Every time it comes to the World Cup, there are always a lot of goalkeepers who perform bravely.

Harvey took a corner kick, and there was chaos in the penalty area. Ramos and the opponent's defender Wenna both fell to the ground in the fight, and the referee didn't say anything.

Pique grabbed the spot, but his header failed and the ball was easily confiscated by Bravo.

The latter was bold and cautious. Seeing that most of the Spanish players were in his own half, he rushed out from the goal and threw the ball to winger Sanchez.

Sanchez dribbled the ball along the sidewalk like a sports car and accelerated towards the Spanish half.

The Chilean team did bust today, but that doesn't mean they gave up their offense.

With a trump card like Sanchez, how could they give up their advantages?
Spain's defense is empty, and the two central defenders are grabbing points in the opponent's penalty area!
At the critical moment, Busquets stepped forward and brought down his teammates with a tactical foul.

Although Busquets admitted his mistakes very well, the referee still gave him the top penalty-a red card!
Seeing this penalty, Busquets was stunned.

He fouled on the wing and was quite far from the goal. Sanchez has not yet formed a single goal. This should be a yellow card, not a red card?

He desperately explained to the referee, trying to make the opponent change his decision.

But the referee insisted that it was a red card and did not accept Busquets' protest.

His judgment is very simple, Sanchez has already crossed halftime and is about to dribble inside, and Busquets is the last defender. His foul destroyed the Chilean team's single-handed chance, so this is a red card!
Seeing this penalty, Bosque on the sidelines was also a little excited.

He ran to the fourth official to protest loudly, but it had no effect. It was obviously impossible for the fourth official to stop or change the referee's penalty.

In this way, before the end of the first half, Spain played one less player.

In desperation, Bosque can only make passive substitutions.

He replaced Torres with Xavi Alonso.

The opponent's intensive defense made Torres lost again. His performance in this game was very bad, and he was almost invisible in the frontcourt.

Replacing him will have the least impact on Spain's lineup, and the key position of the midfielder must never be absent.

Torres, who was replaced, seemed a little unhappy, and he felt it too, and he was struggling very much.

He does not have Lin Quan's excellent dribbling and passing ability. In the case of dense defense, it is difficult for him to get the ball and run out of space.

So he has no complaints about Bosque's decision to replace him, and he can only blame himself for his lack of strength.

However, Torres was obviously very unwilling.

The team lost one player, and the opponent set up an iron bucket formation again.

The situation of the game has become very unfavorable for Spain, which makes the fans who come to the Maracana Stadium can't help but worry:
Could it be that Spain will also follow in the footsteps of Brazil and be tied by Chile?
However, at this moment, someone stood up.

In the 43rd minute, after Lin Quan and his teammates played a wonderful cooperation in the frontcourt, they entered the penalty area and received a pass from Iniesta.

Facing Bravo, who had deflected his own shots countless times before, Lin Quan did not shoot directly, but continued to take it inside!
He actually wanted to pass the goalkeeper!

(End of this chapter)